"PUBLIC HOUSES" just sounds to me like a rowdy place for off-topic chatter -- the sort of boards I never visit. The "Philosophers Stone" is labeled as a welcome area but sounds like a place for people to bat around off-topic ideas (since on-topic ideas would be in the appropriate game-world forum!)... again, a place I never come back and visit. Looking over the list of sub-forums I see The Magic Mirror listed by name, but no clue what it's about, so if I think about it at all, I assume it has something to do with either off-topic discussion or new member orientation.

My suggestion is that the Magic Mirror and Crystal Globe be highlighted somehow so people notice them. I am not sure the best way to do this: maybe putting these two sub-forums in a new top-level category with an obvious label, like "CLASSIFIEDS" or "FIND A GAME".

EDIT: BTW: The Magic Mirror is for "finding a game/finding players" and The Crystal Globe is for "play by post" games.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: the Crystal Globe's utter lack of organization is off-putting to anyone attempting to run games there. It hasn't been a problem thus far, because there haven't been very many games running in it, but that's never going to change as long as there's just one board for all PBP occurring. Giving each campaign a subfolder of its own is crucial to making a thriving online gaming community, for anyone interested in such things.